The document discusses how revolutionary the 1960s were in the UK. It provides background on the UK as a declining postwar superpower facing debt and the end of its empire. The 1960s saw a sexual revolution with relaxed attitudes towards sexuality, contraception, and abortion. Fashion and music also changed greatly, with miniskirts and British bands like the Beatles influencing culture. Women gained more freedom and equality during this period known as the "Swinging Sixties", which saw major cultural and social changes in Britain.

1. THE SWINGING SIXTIES Amanda Fosser, December
2015

2. INTRODUCTION
 The purpose of my
presentation is to show how
revolutionary the ‘60s were in
the UK and why
The thing the sixties did
was to show us the possibilities
and the responsibility that we
all had. It wasn't the answer. It
just gave us a glimpse of the
possibility. – John Lennon

3. CONTENT
Background information
The Sexual Revolution
Fashion and Music in the 60s
Women in the 60s
What is the Swinging Sixties?

4. BACKGROUND
Superpower
 19th century: Largest one
Two World Wars
 Debt
 Military unsustainable
The fall of the Empire
Standard rising in the ‘50s
Baby-boom

5. SEXUAL
REVOLUTION
 Homosexuality
 Experimenting and
demonstrating
 Sexual Offences Act
 No prejudgment
 Contraception pill
 Abortion
 Sex changed
 Sex before marriage
 To talk about

6. FASHION & MUSIC
Hip and cool
Mary Quant
 Miniskirt
 Bazaar
Television, magazines
Known for its fashion
British Invasion in the US
 The Beatles and The Animals
 Billboard Top 100
Beatlemania
If someone thinks that love and peace
is a cliché that must have been left
behind in the Sixties, that's his problem.
Love and peace are eternal.
- John Lennon

7. WOMEN IN
THE ‘60S
Equalization
Self-confidence
Welfare feminism
 Equal payment
As mentioned:
 The contraceptive pill
 Abortion

8. THE
SWINGING CITY
 Time- and Vogue Magazine
 «Having a good time»
 Slang
 Changes from past decades
 Great depression 30s
 Old-fashioned 40s
 Conservative 50s
 Brits’ were swinging

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